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WILLIAM L. BARRELL, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,775, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed August 14, 1893.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. BAEEELL, of Lawrence, county of Essex,State of Massaohu etts, have invented an Improvement in Shoe-Supports,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a device forsupporting boots or shoes during the process of manufacture, and whichmaybe used in various classes of hand or power machines where it isdesirable to have a firm and steady support for the boot or shoe, and Ihave provided means to act upon the interior of the shoe and raise itfrom the support to thus aid in the removal of the same when theparticular manipulation thereof is finished.

In accordance therewith my invention consists, in the combination withthe last-shaped support to receive a shoe thereover, and having a recessin its bottom near its heel end, of an ejector shaped as a block fittingloosely 1n said recess, and adapted to support the heel end of the soleof the shoe, the upper surface of the block normally lying flush withand completing the bottom of the last, and a rod extending through saidsupport to actuate said ejector and cause it to move, outwardly fromsaid recess and act against the inner side of the heel of the sole andraise the heel end of and partially lift the shoe from said support,substantially as will be described.

Other features of my invention will be hereinafter described andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 in section and partial elevation represents a support embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a top view thereof.

I have herein shown the support A shaped like a last, upon which theboot or shoe is fitted, said support being preferably made of iron, andhaving an extended base a to give it greater rigidity.

The support is provided at the heel end with an ejector, herein shown asa movable portion a, of the heel, provided with a shank ct extendedthrough the support and beyond its base, as shown in Fig. 1, the ejectornormally being maintained in retracted position by Serial No. 483,054.(No model.)

gravity, or by a spring 6 surrounding the shank.

The opening in the support is cored out at b to receive the spring, andis preferably enlarged, as at b to permit the movement therein of anadjusting and retaining collar or nut 0, held on the shank by aset screw0, see dotted lines Fig. 1, the tension of the spring being regulated bythe position of the collar or nut c on the shank.

An opening b in the base of the support gives accessto the set screw foradjusting purposes.

Normally the ejector is held in retracted position, shown in full linesFig.1, by gravity or the tension of the spring, and the shoe isplacedonthesupportbytheoperator. When the manipulation thereof has beencompleted the ejector is moved against the action of the retractileforce into the dotted line position, Fig.1, the ejector thereby actingagainst the interior of the heel end of the shoe and raisingit from thesupport, so that it can be removed therefrom with very slight efiort.

As the shoe usually fits snugly on the support it would requireconsiderable force on the part of the operator, and the use of bothhands, to remove it, but by the use of an ejector to act upon theinterior of the shoe it is raised from the support and so loosened thatwith one hand and very little force the operator can remove it.

In another application, Serial No. 484,170, filed August 28, 1893, Ihave shown a machine having supports therein such as herein described,means being provided for automatically actuating the ejector.

This invention is not restricted to the exact construction andarrangement as herein shown, as the same may be somewhat varied withoutdeparting from my invention.

I claim 1. A last-shaped support to receive a shoe thereover, and havinga recess in its bottom near its heel end, combined with an ejectorshaped as a block fitting loosely in said re-= cess and adapted tosupport the heel end of the sole of the shoe, the upper surface of theblock normally lying flush with and completing the bottom of the last,and a rod extending through said support to actuate said ejector andcause it to move outwardly from said recess and act against the innerside of the heel of the sole and raise the heel end of and partiallylift the shoe from said support, substantially as described.

2. A last-shaped support to receive thereover the shoe to be operatedupon, and a recess in its bottom near the heel end, combined with anejector shaped as a block fitting loosely in said recess and adapted tosupport the interior of the heel end of the shoe sole, the upper surfaceof the block normally lying flush with the bottom of the last, means tonormally retract the ejector, a rod extended through the support toactuate and cause the ejector and thereby regulate the lifting movementof the shoe, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the,presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM L. BARRELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. EDWARDS, FREDERICK L. EMERY.

